a person made weak or disabled by illness or injury 病人,病弱者,伤残者,残疾者
(invalided, invaliding)
[with obj.](usu. be invalided)remove (someone) from active service in the armed forces because of injury or illness 使(因伤或病)退役 he was badly wounded and invalided out of the infantry. 他受伤严重从步兵团退役了。 ■disable (someone) by injury or illness 使伤残,使病弱
派生 invalidism noun 语源
mid 17th cent. (as an adjective in the sense 'infirm or disabled'): a special sense of invalid, with a change of pronunciation
invalid2 [ɪnˈvalɪd] adjective
not valid, in particular (especially of an official document or procedure) not legally recognized and therefore void because contravening a regulation or law 无效的,(尤指公文或手续等因与法规相背而)不受法律承认的 the vote was declared invalid due to a technicality. 由于技术性原因投票被宣布无效。 ■(especially of an argument, statement, or theory) not true because based on erroneous information or unsound reasoning (尤指论据,声明或理论因以错误信息或推理为基础)错误的,不成立的 a comparison is invalid if we are not comparing like with like. 非同类之间的比较是不成立的。 ■(of computer instructions, data, etc.) not conforming to the correct format or specifications (计算机指令,数据等)不符合正确格式(或规格)的
派生 invalidly adverb 语源
mid 16th cent. (earlier than valid): from Latin invalidus, from in- 'not' + validus 'strong' (see valid)